mesoscale 

Between the macroscopic and microscopic scale.

If planets are macroscopic and atoms microscopic, humans can be described as a mesoscale.

1m is a mesoscale compared to an inch and a mile.

mesoscale by Jamie Douglas December 14, 2006

Megascale Technologies

Engineering on a staggering, astronomical scale, where the building blocks are not atoms but planets, stars, and nebulae. This is the technology of moving celestial bodies, building structures that encompass stars (Dyson Spheres), and reshaping the layout of solar systems. It requires energy outputs comparable to stellar lifetimes and timelines that span millennia. It is the ultimate expression of macro-engineering.

Megascale Technologies Example: The Alderson Disk—a giant, solid platter with a sun at its center, providing living space millions of times greater than Earth's surface—is a Megascale Technology. So is using a fleet of mass-drivers to slowly nudge a gas giant into a new orbit to create a gravitational slingshot network.

Megascale Technologies by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 3, 2026

Mesoscience

An area of study within metascience that examines everything that exists within and between the sciences—the relationships, interactions, boundaries, and exchanges that connect different scientific disciplines and communities. Mesoscience asks how knowledge flows across fields, how methods translate between disciplines, how boundaries are maintained or crossed, and how interdisciplinary work actually happens. It studies the space between sciences: the collaborations that succeed, the translations that fail, the concepts that migrate, and the practices that remain local. Mesoscience reveals that science is not a unified enterprise but a complex ecosystem of interacting communities, each with its own culture, methods, and standards—and that understanding science requires understanding these interactions.

Example: "His mesoscience research traced how a concept from physics migrated into biology, transforming along the way. The idea changed, the methods changed, and the communities changed—that's what happens in the space between sciences."

Mesoscience by Dumu The Void March 16, 2026